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Pearl D. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1052) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Robin McHugh,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1052

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Pearl D., who was born in 1929. She recalls attending Hungarian school; cordial relations with non-Jews prior to 1938; her parents sheltering her from any unpleasantness; having to wear the yellow star; ghettoization in another town; transport seven weeks later to Auschwitz; separation from her family except her older sister; transfer to a slave labor camp; her sister doing part of her work; a German guard giving them extra food; transfer six months later to Bergen-Belsen; no provision of food or water; her sister keeping her alive; liberation by British troops; her sister's death ten days later; returning home seeking family; learning they all were killed; living with a cousin in Czechoslovakia; marriage in Prague; emigration to Israel, Canada, then the United States; and the births of three sons. Ms. D. discusses the importance of her sister's help to her survival; her depression after the war; and not sharing her experiences with her children, wanting to shelter them.
Author/Creator: D., Pearl, 1929-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
Interview Date: October 14, 1987.
Locale: Prague (Czech Republic)
Czechoslovakia
Israel
Canada
Cite As: Pearl D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1052). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
McHugh, Robin, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 7 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Aid by non-Jews.
Survivor-child relations.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Mutual aid.
Child survivors.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Women. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Sisters. Forced labor. Prague (Czech Republic) Czechoslovakia. Israel. Canada. Oral histories (document genres) D., Pearl,--1929- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4294787
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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